PICKING UP THE PIECES
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PICKING UP THE PIECES
Picking Up the Pieces is the eleventh studio album from American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on September 11, 2015, through Sugar Hill Records. Self-produced, the album is said to be a bookend to her 1995 debut album, Pieces of You. - WIKIPEDIA
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glide magazine
Picking Up The Pieces is the first album that really showcases the strength, vitality and power of Jewel’s voice throughout, unvarnished and without interruption.
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Rollingstone
Any self-referential notes in Picking Up the Pieces are fully intentional: After giving birth to her son, divorcing her husband and dabbling in both children’s music and country, Jewel wanted to return to the signature stripped-down folk-pop that gave her one of the best-selling debuts of all time.
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Country Music Chat
it’s the type of album that will make you think….and drink, and maybe in that order.
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ALLMUSIC
All those naïve rough edges were ingratiating on Pieces of You, but they'd seem affected on a mature Jewel, so her decision to return to the form but not the sensibility of her earlier music is what makes Picking Up the Pieces a successful neo-comeback.
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Digital Journal
Jewel's voice is a strong as ever on Picking Up The Pieces. She is not afraid to showcase her vulnerability and it shows in her musical work. Her vocals are just too good to be mortal. It is authentic and filled with raw emotions.
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Vamp Music Nashville
the greatest triumph of this album is the tenacity and strength Jewel finds in raw, unfettered emotion. Her voice soars with every growl, whisper, croon, and crack, and her lyrics demonstrate the beauty she has found in brokenness.
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The Arts Desk
It is nostalgic in spirit, sound and lyric, with heartbreak and hope in equal measures. Jewel’s ship has sailed stormy waters and it might not have harboured yet but it is this duality that makes Picking Up the Pieces so great.
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The Spectrum
Jewel still has plenty of songwriting and singing talent but perhaps next time she should hire a producer to rein her in a bit.
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Nicholas Jennings
Deeply confessional, Jewel’s latest is a powerful testament to her emotional survival.
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sputnik music
Pieces of You is an appropriately titled album because it touches on so many of the fundamental emotions that we experience throughout life. 5
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Jason's Jukebox
Picking Up The Pieces more than meets the high points of her debut – it just may be the finest record Jewel has released to date.
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exclaim!
In the end, Jewel's Picking up the Pieces is all about finding the diamonds in the rough. They're there — you just gotta dig a bit.
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Napster
Picking Up the Pieces lightly treads in the country terrain she fully explored on her last two albums, while returning to the folk pop poetry of her Pieces of You debut from 20 years ago.
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